Brake-supporting means



Al H BRAKE SUPPORTING MEANS.

AgPPLICATION FILED AUG-25| |918.

1,835,188. l f PawnaMar. 30,1920.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

, ARMAND H.- PEYCKE, QF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGHNQR Y'IO AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A OI JERSEY.

`-BELAKEQSUPP-ciw:INGjiirEAivs." 'V A To clzliivhjontft concern-:1 y Be-rit :known that 1, lARMAND Chicago, in the county of Cook .andfSta-te of Illinois, have v'inventedcerta'in new and useful Improvements in *Brake-Supporting Meanso f which the" following vis a specificav tion. V

ingfmeans. f -T he objectvof this invention is to support brake rigging ina novel and eicient mannersuch that there isfreedom ofv movement of the movable parts, the arrangement occuvino la' relativel -small s ace to increase clearances.

These. and other objects are-"accomplished by means of the arrangement disclosed' by the accompanyingsheet ot-drawings, in

Figure 1l is-a .fragmentary planvview Aoil a railwaycartruck embodying'my inven-l tion 1V 2 is a fragmentary side elevationor the'same; and,

Fig. '3.is a detail sectional view showing thev means for Y pivotally connecting fthe hanger and associated-1, pull rod..v A

The various novel-features.foftheinveny. tion. will be. apparent f; from -thegfollowingp description and drawings and fwill'be parclaims.

opposite 4ends or'` which (only ,one end be' ing shown) .are extended beyondf-theeasso-f ciated truck wheels 11. The upper surface of the trucksidev frame '10 slopes down` Wardly toward the lends. Secured to 4the tions of the-invention Vfalling withinl the the lower end of the brake lever'.l .The-upper end of a hanger 17 extends through the slot 13 and is pivotally connected between' upwardly extending ears 18. formed integrally with the bracket 12,v` the flower. e'nd;

This invention relates to brake support-l ticularly pointed out inthef appended and laterally with, re-,

these same jaws being arranged on oppo.

sitesidesci the brake lever M and piv-v otally connectedthereto by a vpin 21. Pref- Aerably the lower 'end of the hanger 17v is .pivotally connected to a bushing 22 which holds the jaws' 19 a' predetermined distance sp'eemcation of Letters rat-nt. Patented MaiuS-O, 12920. I

l. l L l. l "of the hanger` 17 being `connected between 1)EYGKE,.` a citizenot' the-.United States, residing` at apart when the rivet 23 Vpassing through f the bushing and the jaws is secured in place, thereby providing a pivotal connection which permits, freedom lof movement. The hanger 24: has .itsuupper end pivotally connected to a bracket 25 preferably Aformed integrally with the truck side frame' and. extendinglaterally with respect thereto, the lowerl end of the link 2 4'bein'g pivotally connected between the oppositcly'arrangedv jaws of the intermediate pull rod 20, there also vbeing abrake .lever 28 connected between said jaws. Thisbrakejlever 28 has connected atitsupper end -another pull rod 26, and at its. lower end is connectedto abrake beamv 27. The bracket 25 is wholly within the' vertical contour of the truck side frame 10,*Awhile ino'rde'r to maintain the pullmrfodl 2O I in a' horizontal position, the earmembers 18l of bracket.12,are extended upwardly Lto` a vpoint beyond .the verticald `'confines oithe truck side,framej The pull Arods 20 are-located-,intermediate the truck side Avframe. and the :associated truck wheels, v vand. although there' -is a .relatively f small space therebetween, the han-ger brackets are so arranged as to permit adequate'y clearance.

A By means yof this `arrangement"afbrake 'supporting meansfis ,provided.fwhich is adapted to meet the .service reqiii're`me nts, the arrangement being particularly, adapted for freightequipment. y v

It is .myinten-tion to.: cover all modifica;I V

lface of'which slopes downwardly in a longitudinaldirectionsaid truck side frame havingl a bracket intermediate the ends thereof vandbeing within the vertical confines of the frame and having another bracket having a lportion .extcndlng .above the vertical l'confine'sof saidlframe, brake rigging hangers lconnected to said brackets, end a pull v rod Connected to said hangersendoecupying a horizontal position. j i 2, In a railway car truck, the c0mb1na- 5 tion of'a ltruck side frame having an end l portion extending beyond the truk Wheels, :L bracket secured to the kend porti/011,11

brake `rigging hanger connected to said bracket, another hanger" operatively con- ,4 nected tothe frame, ande` pull rody directly 10 pivotully connected to both'of sal-id hangers.

Signed at Chicalgoflllinois, this 19th day of August, 1918. .v l

` ARMAND H. PEYCKE. 

